Virginia Hickley > Mills & Reeve LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Virginia Hickley

020 7648 9249 virginia.hickley@mills-reeve.com

Work Department

Insurance.

Position

Partner and Head of Financial Claims. Virginia has specialised in insurance litigation with a professional indemnity bias since qualifying and the majority of her work involves defending claims against financial professionals on behalf of their professional indemnity insurers. She has also drafted policy wordings and advises on policy coverage. Her focus is predominantly on financial lines work (accountants, auditors, IFAs, finance brokers, hedge fund managers, trustees, pensions administrators) and defending solicitors’ claims.  However, since qualifying in 1998 she has defended a wide range of professionals and claims of all values and levels of complexity. Her current caseload includes claims against solicitors, accountants, trustees, fund managers, pension administrators, brokers and independent financial advisers. The claims range in value from £100,000 to several million pounds. Virginia also advises underwriters on claims against French insureds, liaising with French lawyers and reporting to UK insurers.

Career

Trainee solicitor Fishburn Boxer 1996-98; solicitor on the merger with Fishburn Morgan Cole 1998-2001; solicitor Barlow Lyde & Gilbert 2001-02; senior solicitor Mills & Reeve and then associate 2003-08; partner 2008 to date.

Languages

Fluent French.

Education

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Gloucestershire; University of Reading (French and History of Art 1992); College of Law, York, CPE and LPC (1993-95).

Leisure

Photography, travel, art exhibitions.